In June 2026, we were honored to celebrate our latest Nebula Awards finalists and winners at our Nebula Awards Conference weekend in Chicago from June 3 to 7, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center. You can learn more about 61st Nebula Awards Conference here Kaitrin Acuna Kechi here
Photography by Kaitrin Acuna
Michelle Knudsen (winner of the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction), Jennifer Hudak (winner of the inaugural Nebula Award for Poem), Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Award recipient Gay Haldeman, Toastmaster Tananarive Due, 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recipient N. K. Jemisin, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen (co-winner for the Nebula Award for Game Writing), Jessica Maison (winner of the Nebula Award for Comic)
Toastmaster Tananarive Due presents at the Nebula Awards Ceremony in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA Executive Director Isis Asare presents for the Nebula Award for Novel.
Nebula Award winner Michelle Knudsen and EDE Bell, representing fellow finalist Jubilee Cho at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau and SFWA Vice President Anthony Eichenlaub, presenting at the Nebula Awards Ceremony in Chicago, June 2026.
Effie Seiberg, Nebula Award winner for Short Story, delivers a virtual acceptance at the Nebula Awards Ceremony in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA Executive Director Isis Asare and SFWA Board Director-at-Large Ryka Aoki at the Nebula Awards Ceremony in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA Operations Director Russell Davis introduces Gay Haldeman, recipient of the Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award in Chicago, June 2026
Steven Barnes presents at the Nebula Awards Ceremony in Chicago, June 2026.
Inaugural Nebula for Comic winner Jessica Maison at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA Director-at-Large Day Al-Mohamed at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026
At the Nebula Awards Conference Banquet in Chicago, June 2026
27th Grand Master Joe Haldeman, Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA recipient Gay Haldeman, and 42nd Grand Master N. K. Jemisin
Authors and finalists celebrate at the reception, Chicago 2026.
Authors celebrate together at the finalist reception, Chicago 2026.
Showing off their reception finery at the Nebulas, Chicago 2026.
Nebula attendees at the finalist reception, Chicago 2026.
SFWA volunteer Katie Spina shows off some robot art at the finalist reception for the Chicago 2026 Nebulas.
Nebula attendees pose for a picture outside the programming rooms, Chicago 2026.
SFWA Operations Director Russell Davis and SFWA President Kate Ristau at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026
Nebula Award Conference Weekend attendees share a joyous word with SFWA Executive Director Isis Asare.
42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master N. K. Jemisin
42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master N. K. Jemisin receives her award and delivers an excellent address "under fire" in Chicago, June 2026.
Mayda Alexandra del Valle, Poet Laureate of Chicago, delivers a poem to welcome us into the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA Board Director-at-Large Day Al-Mohamed has some canine assistance with award delivery at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Land acknowledgement for the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Past SFWA President Mary Robinette Kowal presents at the Nebula Awards Ceremony in Chicago, June 2026
SFWA Board Director-at-Large Ryka Aoki introduces the inaugural Nebula for Poem at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA Operations Director Russell Davis, who gave the introductory remarks for Gay Haldeman's receipt of the Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award, stands by why Gay delivers a moving address in Chicago, June 2026.
Author Mary Anne Mohanraj speaks to the attendees of the 61st Nebula Awards Ceremony, Chicago 2026.
Astronaut and professor Kate Rubins presents the Nebula award for novelette virtually at the Nebula Award Ceremony in Chicago, 2026.
Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award recipient Gay Haldeman, presenting at the Nebula Awards Ceremony in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Award Winner for Novella, Amal El-Mohtar, June 2026 in Chicago
Author Darcie Littlebadger presents the Andre Norton award for middle grade and young adult literature at the 61st annual Nebula Award Ceremony, Chicago 2026.
Shannon Zelazny accepts the Infinity Award on behalf of her father Roger Zelazny, at the 61st Nebula Award Ceremony in Chicago, 2026.
42nd Grand Master N. K. Jemisin, enjoying a moment of repose before her speech at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau, with Chicago Nebula Conference Volunteer Steven Silver
SFWA Volunteer (Short Fiction) Rachel Gutin, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Nebula Team Volunteer Riannon Taylor (right), with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Nebula Team Volunteer Casey Aimer, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Nebula Ceremony Team Volunteer Josh Storey, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Nebula Team Volunteer Alexis Westmore, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Nebula Team Volunteer Anton Petersen, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Steven D. Brewer, Board Volunteer (Secretary), with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Noah Sturdevant, Board Volunteer (Director-at-Large), with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Christine Taylor-Butler, Board Volunteer (Director-at-Large), with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Nebula Team Volunteer Sarah Madsen, with SFWA President Kate Ristau and Chicago Nebula Team Volunteer Steven Silver.
Nebula Team Volunteer Jennifer R. Povey, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Nebula Ceremony Volunteer Rebekah Postupak TOTALLY NOT BEING CHASED by SFWA President Kate Ristau at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago June 2026.
Nebula Ceremony Team volunteers Rebekah Postupak and Josh Storey (upper left, half obscured) and SFWA Office Administrator Misha Grifka Wander enjoy a Nebula Awards Conference reception in Chicago.
Nebula Team Volunteer Katie Spina, with Kate Ristau
Nebula Team Volunteer David Loofbourrow, with Kate Ristau
L. P. Kindred, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Nebula Team Volunteer Philip Janowski, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Nebula Team Volunteer Huyen Tram, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Board volunteer Curtis Chen, one of our Directors-in-Large, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
Board volunteer Curtis Chen, one of our Directors-in-Large, with SFWA President Kate Ristau.
In Memoriam volunteer EDE Bell, who also represented the late Andre Norton finalist Jubilee Cho at the Nebulas, with SFWA President Kate Ristau
Nebula Awards Finalists and Winners, with fellow Nebula Conference Attendees: Casey Aimer (Finalist, Nebula Poem), [], Jennifer Hudak (Winner, Nebula Poem), Angela Liu (Finalist, Nebula Poem), Jennifer Svedberg-Yen (Co-Winner, Game Writing), [], Brian U. Garrison (SFWA Poetry Committee)
Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, co-winner of the Nebula for , 2026 in Chicago
Gay Haldeman, Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award recipient, 2026 in Chicago
Jennifer Hudak, winner of the Nebula Award for Poem, 2026 in Chicago
Michelle Knudsen, winner of the Andre Norton Nebula for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction, 2026 in Chicago
Nebula Award for Novel, 2026 in Chicago, Stephen Graham Jones, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Infinity Award, 2026 in Chicago, Roger Zelazny
Nebula Award for Novelette, 2026 in Chicago, Thomas Ha "Uncertain Son"
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction, 2026 in Chicago, Michelle Knudsen, Into the Wild Magic
Nebula Award for Poem, 2026 in Chicago, Jennifer Hudak, "The World to Come"
Nebula Award for Short Story, 2026 in Chicago, Guillaume Broche & Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Nebula Award for Short Story, 2026 in Chicago, Jessica Maison, Mary Shelley's School for Monsters: The Killing Stone
Nebula Award for Novella, 2026 in Chicago, Amal El-Mohtar, The River Has Roots
42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, N. K. Jemisin
2025 SFWA Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: MURDERBOT, Season One, Chris Waltz and Paul Waltz
Nebula Award for Short Story, 2026 in Chicago, Effie Seiberg "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything"
Nebula Core Team Volunteer Anton Petersen, with Jennifer Hudak (winner of the inaugural Nebula Award for Poem) and Jennifer Svedberg-Yen (co-winner for the Nebula Award for Game Writing)
Michael Solis and Kate Ristau battle in a fantasy setting created by photographer Kaitrin Acuna.
Fantasy-style portrait of Michael Solis, by Kaitrin Acuna.
Fantasy portrait of SFWA volunteer Rhiannon Taylor.
Portait of Diane M. Pho, by Kaitrin Acuna.
Fantasy-style portrait of SFWA member and volunteer Maren Anderson.
Mary Robinette Kowal in a fantasy-style portrait by Kaitrin Acuna.
Nebula Conference Attendees enjoy a reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Team Volunteer Alexis Westmore, [], Executive Director Isis Asare, and inaugural winner of the Nebula for Comic, Jessica Maison, at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Team Volunteer Katie Spina at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
A star-studded table! Nebula Team Volunteer Michael Solis, Nebula Speaker Steven Barnes, Toastmaster Tananarive Due, Grand Master N. K. Jemisin, Grand Master Joe Haldeman, and Service to SFWA Award recipient Gay Haldeman await the Nebula Banquet on June 6, 2026 in Chicago.
Guests gather to dine at the Nebula Awards Conference Banquet on June 6, 2026 in Chicago.
42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recipient N. K. Jemisin delivers her acceptance speech at the 61st Nebula Awards Ceremony in Chicago, June 6, 2026.
Stephen Graham Jones, winner of the Nebula for Novel in Chicago, June 2026, delivers a pre-recorded acceptance speech.
SFWA Operations Director Russell Davis, in community at the Nebulas in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates C. J. Lavigne, Flight Crew Lead and coordinator of the online Nebulas, at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago (virtually!), June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates SFWA Volunteer Vanessa MacLaren-Wray at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago (virtually!), June 2026.
SFWA Office Administrator Misha Grifka Wander shouting out Flight Crew Captain CJ Lavigne at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Flight Crew Wen Wen Yang, at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago (virtually!), June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Flight Crew Evergreen Lee, at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago (virtually!), June 2026.
SFWA volunteer Rhiannon Taylor laughs on her way to the stage at the volunteer reception, Chicago 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Nebula Ceremony Volunteer Josh Storey at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Thumbs up and good vibes from our Volunteer Reception crew at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Priya Sridhar at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Nebula Ground Crew Lead derek at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Dave Ifverson at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Lo! A wild J. Scott Coatsworth sighting! Our Nebula Conference Manager extraordinaire could be seen, if fortunate, at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Team Volunteer Marco Gugman, with husband and Nebula Conference Manager J. Scott Coatsworth, and SFWA President Kate Ristau.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Wren Hawkins Kamper at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Embrace Love! So says the hat, belovedly worn and adorned at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Maren Anderson at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Chris Marble at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Brian U. Garrison at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Kaitrin Acuna at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Wren Hawkins Kamper at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Miriam Seidel at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Xiomara Cardona at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates MG/YA Committee member Gabrielle Byrne at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Andre Norton-winning author Michelle Knudsen at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Ben Francisco at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Current SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Past SFWA President Cat Rambo (left) with Nebula Coordinator Steven Silver at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates fellow Board Member and Nebula Finalist Jonathan Brazee at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Rosemary Claire Smith at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates fellow Board Member Ryka Aoki (Director-at-Large) at the Volunteer Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Alex Kingsley, Mary Robinette Kowal, David D. Levine, Jordan Kurella, and Russell Davis lend their voices to a series of speculative scripts at a reading held at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago this June 2026.
Casey Aimer, Angela Liu, Nico Martinez Nocito, and Jennifer Hudak enjoy a panel on poetry at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
A dedicated audience takes notes at N. K. Jemisin's Grand Master masterclass on worldbuilding at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for Novel Daryl Gregory, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA President Kate Ristau celebrates Nebula Finalist for Novel John Wiswell, virtually attending the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for Novella Jordan Kurella, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for Novelette Marie Croke at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for Novelette Somto Ihezue, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for Novelette Wen-yi Lee, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for Short Story P.A. Cornell, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for Short Story J.R. Dawson, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula, David Anaxagoras, celebrated virtually by SFWA President Kate Ristau at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula, Jonathan Brazee, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
EDE Bell, Atthis Arts publisher, represents the late Jubilee Cho, Finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula, K.A. Mielke, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for Game Writing, Greg Kasavin, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for the inaugural Comic award, Amy Chu, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for the inaugural Poem award, Casey Aimer, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for the inaugural Poem award, Angela Liu, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for the inaugural Poem award, Mari Ness (right), receiving virtual accolades from SFWA President Kate Ristau (left), at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist for the inaugural Poem award, Nico Martinez Nocito, at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalists gather at the Nebula Finalist Reception in Chicago, June 2026. So many brilliant minds in one place!
SFWA Executive Director Isis Asare enjoys the moment at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Past SFWA President Mary Robinette Kowal, a bright light among bright lights at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Past SFWA President Cat Rambo enjoying the moment at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
Acclaimed creator and Nebula speaker Steven Barnes delights visitors to his table at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
Acclaimed SFF creator Beth Cato rocks a spot at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
The best writers know the strength in community! Inaugural Nebula winner for Poem Jennifer Hudak, dynamic industry author Eva L. Elasigue, and winner of the Andre Norton Nebula Michelle Knudsen share bright smiles at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
Let's raise a glass to Nebula Finalists P. A. Cornell (Short Story), Wen-Yi Lee (Novelette), and K. A. Mielke (Andre Norton) at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
Seasoned pros assemble! William Ledbetter and SFWA Board CFO + Andre Norton Finalist Jonathan Brazee enjoy their table time at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
David D. Levine, Melinda Mitchell, and Nebula Finalist Daryl Gregory (Novel) delight visitors to their table at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
Is that a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's a suped-up SFWA Board presence at the VIP Mass Autographing Event, where Steven Brewer (Secretary) and Anthony Eichenlaub (Vice-President) show off their authorly chops in Chicago, June 2026.
27th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Joe Haldeman, a gift to every convention he attends. Seen here at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
E.D.E. Bell represents late author Jubilee Cho alongside Rebecca M. Zornow and Richard H. Moon at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula Finalist Nico Martinez Nocito (Poem), Angeli Primlani, and Meg Turville-Heitz share sensational conversation at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
At the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026, Steven H Silver, Clif Flynt, and Helene Wecker share a great word or two with visitors about their work.
Who let these mischief-makers in?! Nebula Finalist Annalee Newitz (Novella), the dazzling Charlie Jane Anders, and MG/YA Committee powerhouse Gabrielle Byrne share a good laugh and maybe an inside joke or two at the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026.
VIP Mass Autographing Event authors Keith Ammann and TW Allen sport some protective conference finery in Chicago, June 2026.
RM Briggs, you can't hide behind your fiction forever! At the VIP Mass Autographing Event in Chicago, June 2026, fellow SFF author R.R. Corvi shares a table and a penchant for taking shelter behind promo products.
Book bags await their recipients before the Nebula Conference starts.
Past SFWA President and Dynamically Active SFWA Committee Lead Michael Capobianco speaks on the importance of contract clause discussion at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
SFWA Director-at-Large Christine Taylor-Butler and MG/YA Committee Co-Chair Michael Solis share a smile at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Official SFWA Photographer Kaitrin Acuna, captured gloriously by Special Guest Photographer Kechi in Chicago, June 2026.
Steven H. Silver, radiantly smiling for his close-up at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Portrait of Nebula winner Jennifer Hudak (Poem).
Portrait of Priya Sridhar.
Portrait of Michelle Knudsen.
Horror, joy, and drama are all on offer from these Nebula authors!
Nebula attendees celebrate friendship and community, Chicago 2026.
Nebula attendees experiencing joy and friendship, Chicago 2026.
SFWA Director-at-Large Curtis Chen, David Levine, Jordan Kurella, Rachel Harner, Alex Kingsley, former SFWA President Mary Robinette Kowal, and Operations Director Russell Davis get their flowers after the Short Play Showcase table read, Chicago 2026.
Former SFWA President Mary Robinette Kowal, David D. Levine, Nebula Finalist Jordan Kurella (Novella), Operations Director Russell Davis, and Director-at-Large Curtis Chen perform table reads for short speculative plays.
Attentive attendees at the Nebula Conference, Chicago 2026.
A packed room for programming, Chicago 2026.
Registration becomes a con highlight with friendly faces like this!
Photography by Kechi
Executive director Isis Asare, volunteer Michael Solis, and volunteer Phoenix Alexander stop long enough for a photo.
Former SFWA President Mary Robinette Kowal, David D. Levine, Nebula Finalist Jordan Kurella (Novella), Operations Director Russell Davis, and Director-at-Large Curtis Chen perform table reads for short speculative plays.
Attentive attendees at the Nebula Conference, Chicago 2026.
A packed room for programming, Chicago 2026.
Registration becomes a con highlight with friendly faces like this!
SFWA Director-at-Large Christine Taylor-Butler and MG/YA Committee Co-Chair Michael Solis share a smile at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Nebula attendees experiencing joy and friendship, Chicago 2026.
Official SFWA Photographer Kaitrin Acuna, captured gloriously by Special Guest Photographer Kechi in Chicago, June 2026.
Steven H. Silver, radiantly smiling for his close-up at the Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, June 2026.
Portrait of Nebula winner Jennifer Hudak (Poem).
Portrait of Priya Sridhar.
Portrait of Michelle Knudsen.
Horror, joy, and drama are all on offer from these Nebula authors!
Nebula attendees celebrate friendship and community, Chicago 2026.
